The premiere of the first season of the Israeli TV series Shababniki took place at the Amediateka online cinema. Especially for this event, the famous Russian poster artist and graphic designer Igor Gurovich presented an exclusive poster.
The inspiration for him was the work of contemporary Spanish artist Isidro Ferrera, who loves to experiment with surrealism in his work, is attentive to textures, especially wood and paper. Igor Gurovich knows him personally. In his style and approach, the “Shababnik” poster is close to the American film poster, associated with the hero and the graphic context that surrounds him.
The premiere screening took place on May 24 at the Jewish Museum and Center for Tolerance. The event was opened by curator and writer Sergei Sdobnov, director, head of the Jewish youth club “Yakhad Jewell”, Rabbi Mikhoel Stavropolsky and general producer of the Moscow Jewish Film Festival, film producer, co-organizer of the event Yegor Odintsov.
The discussion was devoted to the topic “Orthodox Judaism and the ‘new ethic’ in the lens of modern Israeli cinema.” During the conversation, the participants discussed how Israeli cinema has changed in recent years, what topics it addresses, from the global ones related to the country’s history and armed conflicts to the local ones related to religious communities, family problems and relationships. . We are talking about brilliant movies and TV series shot in Israel and available to watch on Amediatek.
